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Page
G
Section
11
CSH
Economist
Newspapers,
Wednesday,
March
23,1977
You
can't
be
a
Disco
dancer
till
you
relax
Â»By
SUZANNE
ERFURTH
"I
want
to
fly
like
an
eagle
to
the
sea,/
Want
to
fly
like
an
eagle,
let
my
spirit
carry
me,/I
want
to
fly
like
an
eagle
till
I'm
free."
This
lyric
accompanies
the
most
regimented
piece
of
music
imaginable.
There
is
no
noticeable
vanation
in
rhythm,
pacing
or
tune.
Within
the
airtight
structure
of
the
song,
a
few
special
effects
may
be
heard
trying
'to
contrive
a
suggestion
of
flight.
Â·
A
dissonant
harmonica
is
played
up
the
scale,
and
some
percussion
instrument
whooshes
at
intervals
to
suggest
wind.
;"Ply
Like
an
Eagle"
is
one
of
the
more
popular
si
ngs
in
the
current
disco
cr
ze,
an
honor
it
shares
with
the
memorably
titled
,
"Disco
Duck
"
Twenty-five
;
Latin
Hustle
Denise
Miller
demonstrates
a
step
in
the
Latin
Hustle
at
her
Wednesday
evening
disco
dance
course.
people
gathered
on
a
stage
at
Denise
Miller's
Wednesday
evening
dance
class
last
week
to
learn
the
dances
that
go
with
it.
Ms.
Miller
moves
with
the
unthinking
physical
self-
confidence
and
grace
that
make
gym
teachers
the
envy
of
their
gawky
adolescent
pupils.
She
has
been
teaching
this
course
since
sometime
in
the
middle
of
1975,
when
Daley
college
first
sensed
a
demand
for
this
kind
of
thing.
Her
background
is
in
ballet
and
modern
dance,
which
she
teaches
in
the
college.
The
students
standing
on
the
auditorium
stage
at
St.
Paul
High
school,
6435
W.
59th
st.,
are
casually
dressed
and
seem
comfortable
and
unselfconscious.
They
are
mostly
female,
and
range
in
age
from
about
17
to
40.
Though
they
laugh
among
themselves
about
how
hard
it
is
to
get
the
steps
in
sequence,
they
obviously
gam
confidence
and
accuracy
as
the
lesson
progresses.
Specific
movements
turn
out
to
be
very
important.
"The
reason
I
teach
the
cross
in
front,"
Ms.
Miller
explains
as
she
takes
the
class
through
the
first
part
of
the
enigmatically
titled
Bus
Stop,
"is
that
too
many
people
overcross
in
back,
catch
their
feet
and
end
up
tripping."
The
steps
are
straight
out
of
a
European
folk
dance-
pivots,
small
kicks,
turns
and
back
crosses--but
the
effect
is
utterly
different.
Polk
dance
music
is
more
melodic
than
disco,
the
rhythm
section
is
less
overwhelming,
and
the
dance
develops
a
certain
flow
as
the
dancer
responds
to
it
In
disco,
the
music
is
so
staccato
that
there
can
be
no
flow
of
motion.
Disco
music
seems
to
defy
interaction,
and
movements
seem
fragmentary
no
matter
how
smoothly
they
are
executed.
After
a
few
minutes
of
this,
Ms
Miller
suggests
a
warm-up
The
class
says
it's
plenty
warm
already,
but
obediently
forms
a
circle
Modern
dance
exercises-
shoulder
rotations,
toe
touching,
head
rolls--are
performed
to
contemplative,
growly
music
with
a
jazzy
feel.
The
class
resumes
with
the
Latin
Hustle,
which
is
a
lot
more
graceful
than
the
Bus
Stop.
This
is
partly
because,
as
Ms.
Miller
tells
the
class,
"Latin
dances
have
a
lot
of
upper
body
movement.
"Move
your
head
and
shoulders
as
you
turn,"
she
coaches.
"And
find
something
to
look
at
besides
your
feet
Focus
on
a
space
on
the
wall
if
yon
have
to
"
One
reason
these
dances
lack
anything
like
the
wild
abandon
of
their
1960s
counterparts
is
is
that
everything
happens
so
fast
-
"If
you
Mck
your
foot
up
like
you
were
in
a
chorus
line,
you
won't
get
it
back
the
dances
would
look
like
if
you
did
them
to
a
song
with
a
real,
live
chord
pro-
gression.
But
it's
an
interesting
possibility.
Auto
mechanic
course
offered
Disco
'class
runs
through
Bus
Stop
Students
,at
Denise
Miller's
Wednesday
evening
disco
dance
class
try
to
stay
together
in
a
run-through
of
the
down
in
time
for
the
turn,"
Ms.
Miller
says
it's
possi-
Ms
MiUer,.;wahis_
"Four
or
ble
to
adapt
disco
dances
to
five
inches
9
Is.
as
high
as
it
should
go
'I
She
contends
that
the
most
important
thing
in
disco
dancing
:
is:
to
move
freely.
"The
dances
of
the
sixties,
especially
the
early
ones
like
the
Monkey
and
the
Jerk,
called
for
all
those
stiff
movements,"
she
says.
"Disco
involves
your
whole
body,
and
it
won't
work
unless
you
relnx
"
But
no
matter
how
freely
the
dancer's
body
may
move,
it
is
still
caged
by
the
numbing
predictability
of
the
music
There
are
small
variations
you
can
interject
into
each
dance,
but
the
total
effect
is
the
same.
Bus
Stop.
The
class
is
taught
through
Daley
college
at
St.
Paul
High
school,
C435
W.
59th
st.
non-disco
music.
The
disco
pervasive
these
days
that
music
phenomenon
is
so
it's
hard
to
imagine
what
Minor
auto
repair
and
tune-ups
will
be
the
subject
of
a
series
of
adult
education
courses
to
be
offered
"Fridays
and
Saturdays
starting
April
15
at
Richard
J.
Daley
college,
7500
S
Pulaski
rd.
Four
sections
of
the
adult
education
course,
basic
mechanics,
will
meet.
One
will
be
held
from
6:30
to
9:10
p
m
Fridays,
start
ing
April
15,
and
three
sections
will
meet
Saturdays
from
9
to
11:40
a.m.
starting
April
16.
Classes
will
meet
for
five
consecutive
weeks.
Adults
18
years
of
age
and
older,
regardless
of
educational
background,
may
register
for
adult
education
courses.
One
course
is
$10
for
Chicago
residents.
Senior
citizens
may
register
free
of
charge
if
space
is
available.
Registration
may
be
completed
between
2
and
8
p.m.,
Monday,
March
28,
in
the
auditorium,
building
700,
on
campus.
A
schedule
of
all
adult
education
courses
slated
to
begin
the
week
of
April
12
is
available
by
calling
7353000,
extension
222.
Sale
to
aid
school
teams
A
storefront
rummage
sale
to
benefit
the
Morgan
Park
High
school
volleyball,
football,
swim
and
hockey
teams
will
be
held
from
10
a.m.
to
5
p.m.
Saturday
and
Sunday
at
2301
W.
95th
st.
Contributions
(anything
clean
and
in
good
condition)
are
tax
deductible,
and
may
be
taken
to
the
95th
st.
address
between
10
a.m.
and
4
p.m.
omorrow
and
Friday
They
will
also
be
picked
up
free
of
charge
by
Bill
or
Kay
Burchett,
779-4520
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newspaper,
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the
Democratic
mayoral
candidate
in
a
March
12
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